Year: 2013

The September 23, 2013 issue of the Connecticut Law Tribune features an article on Attorney Dan Blinn's work within the Humanist community.  As summarized by the article, Humanism is a belief that people are responsible for living ethical lives dedicated to helping...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") released a bulletin today directed toward companies that provide information to credit reporting agencies (these companies are also known as "furnishers").  According to a CFPB press release, the bulletin stresses that...

US News reported this week on "5 Sneaky Car Dealer Sales Tricks". All of the tricks in the article are tactics that we've seen time and time again.  While the article does not discuss the legal recourse available to victims of these classic tricks, it offers some...

According to data from the most recent survey conducted by Consumer Federation of America ("CFA") and the North American Consumer Protection Investigators ("NACPI"), auto fraud is the most common complaint among american consumers.  CFA and NACPI surveyed 40 general...

Recently CBS Moneywatch's Jerry Edgerton wrote an article alerting bargain hunters to the possibility that used cars might be a better deal than new cars: "Values for used cars sold at wholesale auctions hit a three-year low in April, according to Kelley Blue Book....

Many consumers applying for credit have heard this phrase at least once.   Most often, it seems to be heard in the finance offices of car dealerships. Over the years, we’ve met many married clients who have visited auto dealerships with the intent to apply for credit...

On May 14, 2013 we filed two lawsuits concerning the collection and repossession activities of two Rent-to-Own companies. The first of the two lawsuits alleges that, after a consumer had fallen behind on her monthly payments, the employees of a Rent-to-Own company...

We filed a civil action concerning a Certified Pre-Owned Volkswagen against Gene Langan Volkswagen of Connecticut, Inc. ("GLVW") and VW Credit, Inc. ("VWC").  The Complaint, filed in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, asserts that Gene...

Some things should be obvious.  But, apparently, a columnist in car dealer publication Automotive News felt that car dealerships need to be told that: "Signing a customer's name is forgery.  Period."  Check out the article, which suggests that the reasons for forgery...

 In our experience, consumers have more problems involving motor vehicles than with any other type of purchase.  State and federal laws provide consumers who lease or purchase motor vehicles with many protections, and an alarming percentage of motor vehicle sales or...